Deadly Keepsakes – #NewRelease @anita_dickason @LoneStarLit #Mystery #Giveaway

Anita Dickason is one of the most enthusiastic authors I’ve ever featured here, and I am thrilled to share her new book with you as well as my review!

 
DEADLY KEEPSAKES
A Tori Winters Mystery
by
ANITA DICKASON
 
Categories: Mystery / Women Sleuths
Publisher: Mystic Circle Books
Pages: 360 pages
Publication Date: July 1, 2022
 
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When Tori Winters becomes the star witness in a murder trial, someone tries to kill her. Terrified, she’s not giving the killer a second chance. With all her worldly possessions packed in her car, Tori is on the run. A mysterious phone call about an inheritance leads her to Granbury. After all, who would look for her in a small, quaint Texas town?

Instead, Tori’s life is about to spin into an existence where nothing is as it seems. The historic house she inherits is steeped in secrets from the past. Secrets that may prove deadly. A stranger in a strange town, who can she trust? There is the disinherited step-grandson and the lawyer and his son. What are they hiding?

Tori’s inheritance may not be a blessing when a killer strikes again. It could be her death warrant.

 

 
 

Award-winning author Anita Dickason is a twenty-two-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. She served as a patrol officer, undercover narcotics detective, advanced accident investigator, SWAT tactical officer, and the team’s first female sniper.

Anita’s extensive law enforcement experience and knowledge provide the inspiration for her plots, and characters. She writes about what she knows, cops and crime.

Her works have received multiple awards from Book Viral Millennium Book Awards, Readers’ Favorite Book Awards, Literary Titan Book Awards, Independent Author Network Book Awards, and Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Award.

 
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7/19/22

Video Excerpt

All the Ups and Downs

7/19/22

Review

Julia
Picks 1

7/19/22

BONUS Promo

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7/20/22

Review

The Clueless Gent

7/20/22

BONUS Promo

LSBBT Blog

7/21/22

Guest Post

Jennie
Reads

7/21/22

Review

Writing
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7/22/22

Author Interview

Forgotten
Winds

7/22/22

Review

The Plain-Spoken Pen

7/23/22

Excerpt

Chapter
Break Book Blog

7/24/22

Review

It’s Not All Gravy

7/25/22

Review

Reading
by Moonlight

7/26/22

Guest Post

Sybrina’s Book Blog

7/26/22

Review

Boys’ Mom Reads

7/27/22

Review

StoreyBook Reviews

7/27/22

BONUS Promo

Rox Burkey Blog

7/28/22

Review

Shelf Life Blog

7/28/22

Review

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The setting for this book intrigued me as I have visited the small Texas town of Granbury multiple times. Then the book blurb sucked me right in. And I was not disappointed.

The author takes the reader straight into the action from the first page when hospice nurse, Tori Winters, is faced with the suspicious death of an elderly patient. Right away, I saw her strength and determination as she held her ground. She didn’t back down from the adversary, even after he sicced his pit bull on her. I loved her tenacity.

The author did a fabulous job of unfolding this story from the first inciting incident to the last page. An unexpected phone call that ultimately sent Tori to the small Texas town surprised me. Can you imagine learning you’ve inherited a massive estate from a grandmother you never knew you had? Neither could Tori.

Then, take that a step farther, and not only is it Tori’s estranged grandmother’s estate, but one built by a notorious mobster (Tori’s great grandfather) in the 1930s. The house holds secrets piled on top of secrets, and Tori must unravel the sparse clues to find them, all while fighting to stay alive.

Situations and people are not always as they first seem. Everyone is hiding something. The tension and conflict in this murder mystery escalate with each chapter, lining up a long list of suspects. And to be completely honest, I did not figure out who the antagonist was until the very last part of the story when he came forward with a vengeance.

This is a book with a mixture of fun and discovery for Tori, as well as life-threatening situations. I loved the story, devoured it, and gave it Four Stars! If you enjoy a good mystery with lots of layers and surprises that keep you guessing, you will enjoy this book by Anita Dickason!

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